I Tested God’s Faithfulness

This year I decided that I was going to give an extraordinary gift to God. I’ve always believed that a literature evangelist should be faithful in everything. I used to sell insurance for a living, but in 2015 I chose to become a literature evangelist. I experienced so many blessings from God that in 2016 I decided to…

The Book in the Fishing Net

Marcos Sagoc went ocean fishing. He fished all night long but was unable to catch a single fish. Upon returning to shore, he found a harvest in his fishing net. It wasn’t fish, but a book entitled Bible Readings for the Home (newly titled Timeless Truths, containing the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church). He took…

Overcoming Obstacles

When I was 7 years old I discovered canvassing. Two student literature evangelists (LEs) were canvassing my mother when I asked, “What’s canvassing?” They replied: “Canvassing is working side by side with God.” At that moment the desire to be part of this consecrated ministry was born in me. When I was 19 I decided…

Discovering New Ways To Reach People

Corina Pelin is literature evangelist coordinator of the North Transylvania Conference in the Romanian Union. During the coronavirus pandemic, all literature evangelism activity stopped because it’s impossible to go door-to-door or visit businesses to sell books. Corina thought about what she could do and began to search for new methods to reach people. Since she…

The Power of Hope

I lost my son in a car accident on new-year’s day, January 1st, 2018. From that day on, my life deteriorated and I was in a serious state of depression. As my condition got worse, I lost the ability to walk and to sleep normally. I was taken to a hospital for medical attention where…

I Live for Mission – A Deeper Understanding

These thoughts raced through my mind with each passing day, just two months after moving to the United States. I was ready to board the next available flight back home, but neither my daughter nor I could afford an air ticket. The cold biting winter in the state of Oregon made reality worse. I was…

Canvassing During Communist Times

My dad, Jan Loder, liked to use his work as a means for sharing Signs of the Times magazines. Whether he worked as an electrical controller or sales representative, he always found a way to talk to others about his Savior and give them a copy of Signs of the Times. When he worked as a…

My Guardian Angel

During Communist times the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Czechoslovakia had been under constant scrutiny. Special surveillance was executed by the State Administration (Department) for information. They zeroed in on the kind of literature the church was attempting to print. For that reason, the printing and distribution of material was difficult—and even dangerous. The church managed…

Who are we and why are we here?

The right book at the right time can indeed save a life. If you’re a colporteur, you probably already know this. I know it too, because it happened to me. A midlife crisis By the summer of 1998, I had achieved all the world says will make us happy and successful in life. Yet I…